Photo: R. Sieben · CC BY 3.014 heritage places lie within 50 km of Irricana
Few homes are old by the census: 6.5% before 1961, against 18%. Look 44 km away, to Downtown East Village, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
Irricana’s area holds 8 top-tier places within 50 km
14 places lie within 50 km. They belong to 6 towns, chiefly Downtown Commercial Core, Beltline and Downtown East Village. The mix: 8 National Historic Sites and 6 provincial or municipal listings.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Fort CalgaryNational Historic Site · 1875–1876 · 43 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| Centre Street BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 44 km away, in Sunnyside |
| Calgary City HallNational Historic Site · 1907–1912 · 44 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 44 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Burns BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 44 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of TechnologyNational Historic Site · 1921–1923 · 44 km away, in Hillhurst |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 44 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 44 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 44 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 44 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 45 km away, in Beltline |
| St. Mary's Parish HallMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 45 km away, in Mission |
The places within 50 km of Irricana lean to the decades after Confederation
Places as far as 50 km from Irricana, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
Within 50 km, 11 records give a date. The earliest is Fort Calgary in Downtown East Village, begun in 1875.
Only 2.2% of Irricana’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
47% of Irricana’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, more than the typical town’s 23%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 20% of Irricana’s, against 15% in the typical town. Half of the homes standing in Irricana today were built before 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Irricana in brief
Counted by age, only 6.5% of its homes come from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
Questions about Irricana’s history
How many historic places does Irricana have on the registers?
None in Irricana itself. The closest is Fort Calgary in Downtown East Village, 43 km away, a place of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Irricana?
The 2021 Census dates 6.5% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (homes by period of construction). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).